newer than newbie Posted March 22, 2006 Posted March 22, 2006 I have an older stand-alone DVD player which won't play writable DVDs, however, with some research on videohelp.com I found it supposedly will read DVD+R disks if the book type is changed to DVD-ROM. I bought some +Rs, but I couldn't figure out how to change book type in my Nero OEM version (it probably can't), so I tried ImgBurn. I have a NEC 3550A burner and when I tried to change the DVD+R booktype, ImgBurn gave a failure message. Does this mean my burner doesn't support book type changes? ('bet I know the answer to that...) Am I just not meant to get the home video onto DVD!?! I remember seeing a hacked firmware for my burner. How safe is it to use hacked firmware? Thanks for any words of encouragement you can offer! signed, frustrated wannabe techno mom (with a small budget)
lfcrule1972 Posted March 22, 2006 Posted March 22, 2006 Did you use the NEC tab in ImgBurn to change the bit type ? Perhaps you could take us through what you did and then copy paste the error message in your reply ?
LIGHTNING UK! Posted March 22, 2006 Posted March 22, 2006 NEC's dont support bitsetting on DVD+R with standard firmware. You'd need the modified one. The modified one is as safe as everyone using it says it is. Take a look over at the NEC forum at cdfreaks.
newer than newbie Posted March 22, 2006 Author Posted March 22, 2006 I came to the same conclusion regarding the NEC firmware while researching earlier today. Thanks for the reply, I'll check out the NEC forum @CdFreaks. techno mom
lfcrule1972 Posted March 23, 2006 Posted March 23, 2006 I used a modded fw up until a few weeks ago when I did some of the media tests. I remember setting the DVD+R type to DVD-Rom and it worked fine
newer than newbie Posted March 24, 2006 Author Posted March 24, 2006 I haven't modified the firmware yet, just tried changing DVD+R DL to DVD-ROM since my burner's firmware does allow that (btw changing the Book Type in ImgBurn works just fine if the firmware allows it!). My home video is now on a DVD+R DL, and my DVD player can read it! I'm thrilled! I'm going to have to give the modified firmware a try so I can use single layer DVD+Rs. Hope those work, too. Thanks for the input! techno mom
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